The Damascus texts / Charlotte Hempel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hempel, Charlotte, author.

Series:

Companion to the Qumran scrolls ; 1.

Companion to the Qumran scrolls ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qumran community.

Christian literature, Early.

Damascus document.

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Damascus document is one of the most important texts from the Qumran caves. Part One of this Companion offers a lucid and up-to-date introduction to all the manuscripts, including the eight recently published from Qumran Cave 4. It also provides a review of the key areas of scholarly research on this important Qumran text. Part Two is devoted to the recently published text 4QMiscellaneous Rules (4Q265; olim Serekh Damascus). This text has already become the subject of intense interest among students of the Dead Sea Scrolls because of its unique relationship to both the Community Rule and t

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I: THE DAMASCUS DOCUMENT FROM CAIRO AND QUMRAN; Editions, Translations, and Bibliographies; 1. Introduction; 2. Physical Description of the Manuscripts; 3. Outline of the Contents of the Damascus Manuscripts from Cairo and Qumran; 4. The Composite Character of the Damascus Document; 5. The Damascus Document and the Quest for the Origins and Early History of the 'Qumran Community'; 6. The Laws-A Story of Neglect and Rediscovery; 7. Further Issues Facing the Student of the Damascus Document; 8. Concluding Reflections

Part II: 4Q265 MISCELLANEOUS RULES (olim SEREKH DAMASCUS)Editions and Translations; 9. Introduction; 10. Physical Description and Contents of the Fragments; 11. The Place of 4Q265 in the Library of Qumran; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; R; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613200693

9781283200691

1283200694

9780567565761

0567565769

OCLC:

741687259